释义 |
peel3/pi:l/n. (also 亦作 pele) hist. a small square tower built in the 16th c. in the border counties of England and Scotland for defence against raids [史义] (16 世纪英格兰和苏格兰为防外来侵袭而在边界县区建造的)堡塔 [Middle English pel ‘stake, palisade’, via Anglo-French & Old French pel from Latin palus ‘stake’: cf. PALE2] |